Conveyer and elevator.



n UNrrED .srrirssrarssr OFFICE.

WAGNER AND ONE-THIRD rol GEORGE A.

vJAMES H. WESTON, E TAMAQUMPNNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR or ONE-Turno To AJoHN F.

WlLFORD, TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANTA.

CONVEYEB. ND 'EILEva'rort Specification ofLetters Patent.

' Patented sept. 1o, 1907.

Appelation sie@ ambas, i907.: sans so. 365,011.

To all whom may concern;

. oiv Schuylkill `State foi Pennsylvania, lhave `in-` vented certain new and useful Improvements in Con- Aveyers and Elevators; and I d o declare the iollowing to be a'iull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appertans to make' and use the same.

This invention is an improved conveyer comprising a chain and flights, which are detachably connected to certain link soi the chain, and which may be attached thereto land detached therefrom at will, and

it consists in the construction, combination and ar.-

rangement oi devices hereinafter described and claimed,

' 1in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleoi the saine; and Fig. .4 is a detail perspective view of vationiof, a\ portion of a chain provided with a flight, the chain and flight being constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, partly in section; Fig. 3 is a transversevsectional view 911e ofthe .flight b lsketschai'nlhere shown is oi the construction shown, deserty e.v and claimed in an application 'for Letters- Patent, ,med by me under date o f March 28, 1907, and bearing serial number 365,010, and the said chain coin-` prises links 1V, links 2 and locking pins 3, which conl iiet are en@ links together. Each link -1 aprendes with a longitudinal slot 4, which extends nearly from end to .end thereof, the link being recessed 'at' opposite sides between its ends to provide broad end portions and aninterinediate narrow portion; The links 2 are: disposed alternately with reicrence to the links 1v and each ofthe said links 2 comprises a pair oi laterally-- movable. separable members 7. Each of said members 7 is provided near its ends with longitudinal slots 8 and is provided on its 'outer side nearits ends with transyerse recesses 9, which communicate with said slats and are disposed attire outer ends thereof'. The pins connect the links 1 and 2 together, extend through the slots of the said links and are provided at their ends with heads 10, which are flattened von op? posite sidesand'adapted to normally seat in the recesses 9. l A lin'k may be detached at any portion oi the chain by turning two of the links 1vat right angles to one side members oi the links 2, whereupon said side members may move toward each other a sufficient distancel to'unseat the heads 10 from the recesses 9 and permit the pins to -be turned and their ends withdrawn through the slots 8.

In accordance with my invention, I provide flights, of which there may be any suitable number, and the said flights maybe attached to the chain at suitable distances apart to coact with the chain and form a conveyer. s v

For the purposes of this specification, I have shown one of the flights` which is designated at 12, and I will now describe the same. In connection with each slotted link 1, to which a flight is to bc -detacliably se which has at its inner end on its inner side an inwardlyextending flange 14, the iront end oi which projects beyond the iront side oi the bracket, as at 15, and is concave onfits frontside, as-at 16. The said brackets are disposed on-oppo'site sides oi the link 1, to which they are to be attached with their flanges 14 in the slot oi said'link and their recessed iront ends in engagement with' the pin 3 in iront of lsaid brackets. Said brackets Amay be thus attached without the necessity oi first having to slacken the chain, and when the flanges 14 have been placed in, the slot of a link 1, the ends oi the brackets bear against the shoulders presented by the ends oi the contiguous links 2, and hence said brackets areprevented from fmoving endwise. The flight is further provided with a member 17, which may serve as the bottom oi the flight or for the attachment oi the flight bucket, wing or other flight receptacle, and the said member 17 bears against the front sides of the flight brackets, extend transversely acrossthem and across the link 1, to which they are attached, and is secured to out'- wardly-extending lateral flanges 18, with which such suitable devices. The said member 17 thus serves also to secure the, brackets together with their flanges 14 in contact with each other and retains the said flanges in the slot of the said link 1. In order to detach thc flight, which may be done without the necessity oi slackening the chain, the member 17 must be detached from the brackets, and thc latter then moved laterally, so as to remove their flanges from the slot of the link 1.

From the foregoing description, takenlin connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

minor .details oi construction'may be resorted to without Various changes in the form, proportion, and theA cured, 'I provide apair of bracket members 13, each of V departing frein ih@ principle or sacrificing any of the advantages 0i' this invention, ns dciined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is,

A conveyer clmin comprising n plurality 0I pivotally connected links, one of said links-having; :1 longitudinal slot and the adjacent links having their ends overlapping said slotted link t0 form shoulders, a pziir of brackets arlofnnged respectively on opposite sides of the slotted link and having longitudinal inner edge flanges/to 'seat in the slot, said brackets also having radially projecting portions,

and a Hight element detachably erfzaged with said portions and serving to connect the brackets for retaining the flanges in the slot, the ends of the brackets being adapted to bear on salti shoulders.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES H. WESTON.

Witnesses:

CHAnLns M, MITCHELL, JOHN H. MUCKLAW. 

